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colt or Ally, £i, George Dixon, Mantle-lull, BuUiiigliain. Se- 

 cond, £3, John Fewster, Newlands, Ebchester 



One-.vear-old colts or fillies for agricultural purposes— Hcst 

 colt or filly, £o, George Arthur, Threopwood, llaydon-bridgo. 

 Second, .£:i,Mark Sprajgon, Nafferton, Stocksficld. Commended, 

 John Taylor, Tresson, Coldstream 



Brood niai'cs for the field or road, to have a foal at her foot, 

 or to be in foal at tlie time of the show— Best brood mare, ^£10, 

 Nathaniel Clarke, Beamish, Fence Houses. Second, £!i. Sir K. 

 Blackett, Bart., Matfen, Newcastle. Commended, Robert Smitli 

 Davison, Newburn, Newcastle 



Premium given by David Robertson, Esq , of Ladykirk - For 

 the best colt for hunting purposes, three years old, £7, John 

 Pearson, Langrigg 



Tbree-years-uld fillies for the field or road— Best filly, .^;"), 

 "W'm. Gofton, Pocktliorpe, Driflield. Second, £3, Joseph Snow- 

 ball, Netherwitton, Morpetli 



Two-year-old colts or fillies for the field or road - Best colt or 

 filly, £•'), Jl. Thompson and Son,Kirkhouse, Brampton. Second, 

 .£3, E. Armstrong, Blackwell.hall, Upperby, Carlisle 



One-year-old colts or fillies for the field or road— Best colt or 

 filly, i,'5, John Birket, Broom-hill, Carlisle. Second, £3, M. 

 Thompson and Sons, Kirkhouse, Brami)ton 



Given by the Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth : Four-years-old 

 geldings or tillies for the field, with a view to the national ser- 

 vice in the ranks of cavalry — Best colt or filly, £10, John Tom- 

 linson, Wighill, Tadcaster 



Premiums given by Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, Esq., 

 M.P. : Stallions for agricultm-al purposes— Best stallion, £10, 

 llowdon and Son, Barlow, Gateshead. Second, £.^, E. and M. 

 Reed, Beamish Burn, Chester-le-street. 



SWINE. 



Judges. — John Dinning, Belford ; Thos. Weir, Felton Mill, 

 Felton ; and Edward Young, Broomyholme, Ed- 

 mondsley. 



Boars of the large breed — Best boar, £4, John Harrison, jun. , 

 Heaton Norris, Stockport, Manchester. Second, £2, Joseph 

 Wilkinson, Roundhay, Leeds 



Boars of the small bi'ced — Best boar, £4, John Harrison, jun., 

 Heaton Norris, Stockport, Manchester. Second, £2, Joseph 

 Wilkinson, Roundhay, Leeds 



Sows of the large breed — Best sow, £4, George Robinson» 

 Bolton Mills, Alnwick. Second, £2, Joseph Wilkinson, Round- 

 hay, Leeds 



Sows of the small breed— Best sow, £4, R. H. Watson, Bolton 

 Park, Wigton, Cumberland. Second, £2, Joseph Wilkinson, 

 Roundhay, Leeds. 



EXTRA STOCK. 



Judges. — George Atkinson, Seaham-hall Farm ; William Ste- 

 phenson, Th'onkley House, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; 

 and C. Thompson, Dilston, Hexliam. 



CATTLE. 



Richard Swan, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a pair of short-horned 



steers, £1 10s. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, a pair 



of short-horned steers, 10s. H. F. Williams, Low Shields, 



Hexham, an Irish cow, 5s. John Coats, Lipwood, Haydon- 



bridgc, bull calf, .'i.i. He. Atkinson, Peepy, StocksUeld, five 

 short-homed calves, £1, and three short-horned calves, 10s. 



SHEEP. 



William Jobson, Turvclaws, Wooler, pen of Leicester tup 

 lambs, £1. Mr. AUgood, Nunwick, He.vham, pen of.") half-bred 

 wodders, 10s. Joseph Wilson, Manor-house, Morpeth, a pen of 

 .') Shropshire down ewes, 7s. (id., and a pen of Shropshire down 

 gimmers, 7s. Cd. 



SWINE. 



George Johnson, Kenmir, Carr Hill-house, Gateshead, pen of 

 pigs of the lai'gc breed, ISs. William Gill, Beadale, Whickham, 

 Gateshead, pen of .5 pigs, 5s. 



IMPLEMENTS. 



Judges.— George Atkinson, Seaham-hall Farm; William Ste- 

 phenson, Thronkley House, Newcastle-on-Tyne; 

 and C. Thompson, Dilston, Hexham. 



Wm. Robinson, Milkridge, Haltwhistle, for a double mould- 

 board plough, 5.S. 



James Sitt, Tweedmouth, for a winnowing machine, 5s. 



William Brown, Ousby, Melmerby, Penrith, for a double 

 drill plough with expanding potato lifters attached, 10s. 



Joseph Reeves and Son, Stanwix, Carlisle, for a double drill 

 for sowing turnips, mangold wurtzel, manures, &c., 10s. 



John Stalker, Welton, Sebergham, Carlisle, for a stall of 

 ploughs and grubbers, 10s. 



William Dodds, Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed, for a stall 

 of various implements, £1. 



E. Scott and Son, Felton, for an improved horse I'ake for 

 quicken, hay, or corn, with regulator, 5s. 



Anthony Dodds, Pity-Me, Durham, for a wheel plough and 

 a swing plough, 5s. 



Matthew Gibson, St. Andrew's Works, Gallowgate, Newcas- 

 tle-on-Tvne, for a stall of chaff cutters, horse rake, and scuf- 

 fler, £1. 



H. T. L. Mc Cutcheon, Carlisle, for a stall of various imple- 

 ments, £1 10s. 



David Young, Hassington, Berwickshire, for a turnip grubber, 

 harrows, and plough trees, 5s. 



John Gregory, U'estoe, Sovith Shields, for a stall of ploughs, 

 harrows, and a hoc, £1. 



Andrew Thompson, Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a stall of 

 various implements, £2. 



William Archbold, Hoisley, Tyneside, for a corn winnowing 

 machine, 5s. 



Pattinson, Davidson, and Spencer, for a stall of various imple- 

 ments, £1 5s. 



Humphrey Brown Bum, Horsley, Tyneside, for a corn dress- 

 ing machine, 5s 



Lord Charles Beauclerc, Riding Mill, for the " Beauclerc 

 Archimedian svibsoil plough," 5s. 



John Charlton, Hexham, for an improved winnowing ma- 

 chine, 10s. 



John Trotter, Bywell, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for reaping, rope- 

 twisting, and key-screw machine, 10s. 



Wilkin and Dickman, Alnwick, for a stall of va ious imple- 

 ments, £1 . 



W. Sawney, Beverley, for a stall of winnowing machines, and 

 a blowing and hariff machine, £1. 



Mr. Stokoe, for a reaping machine, £1. 



DRIFFIELD AND EAST RIDING AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 



Every annual exhibition since this society has been esta- 

 blished has excelled its predecessor ; and the now-fifth ex- 

 hibition was the largest and the best of all yet celebrated. 

 The entries were larger; and the stock and implements 

 vrere of a very superior character •, while the weather was 

 very beautiful throughout. The show-field was crowded 

 with its thousands of the nobility, gentry, and farmers of 

 the neighbourhood, amongst whom was an immense number 

 of ladies. 



The horses were considered the finest collection ever 

 brought together at a local show ; and perhaps the chief 

 attraction in this department was the exhibition of fifteen 

 high-bred hunting colts, from two to three years old. These 

 were sent by Mr. James Hall, of Scarborough, the master 

 of the Holderness Foxhounds. Shorthorns were admirable 

 and numerous. The bulls were in much greater number 

 than at any previous show; and amongst them were some 

 superb animals. The famous prize-bull Romulus, the pro- 

 perty of Mr. T. Barber, of Sproatley, attracted great atten- 

 tion. He has been exhibited at a great number of shows, 

 and has in almost every instance carried away the chief 



prize. Cows were equally excellent. Amongst them, the 

 chief novelty was the exhibition by Mr. F. C. Matthews, 

 of Driffield, as extra stock, of eight beautiful breeding cows 

 in milk, which had been fed on four acres of grass land, 

 and half a linseed-cake and a mash each per day. They 

 certainly did honour to his dietary scale, and unmistakably 

 showed what might be accomplished in the redundant pro- 

 duction of grass by the application of proper artificial ma- 

 nures. The show of sheep could be scarcely surpassed for 

 their beauty and symmetry. Those of Mr. Angas, of Nes- 

 wick, were particularly admired. Driffield ia famed for its 

 pig markets ; and some very finely-proportioned as well as 

 monster specimens of the porcine race were not the least 

 attractive objects of the show. 



The implements were unusually interesting, and were 

 applicable to almost every requirement in farming and do- 

 mestic purposes, from the imposing steam thrashing machine 

 to the humble potato-waaher. Great improvements appeared 

 to have been made in this important branch of the exhibi- 

 tion ; and several novel and ingenious contrivances were ex- 

 perimented with. The newest curiosity was the "blast 



